Canadian reciprocity and farmers free list bills move
The Democratic caucus pushed a sequence of bills including Canadian reciprocity and the farmers free list. Other items noted include a proposed delay for pardoning second hand war matériel, Taft clemency actions, and various House and Senate moves on tariffs agrarian policy and public notices across multiple states.
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Canada
House of Representatives
United States
Moore
Pennsylvania
Taft
Thaddeus I. Potter
Portland
Ore
Francis W. Taylor
Chicago
Twenty-first Ward
Treasury
MacVeagh
Interior
Fisher
Dickinson
General Bowers
Representative Kinkaid
Nebraska
Spain
Bay area notes blaze across Iowa and beyond
Bay Horn reports a roundup of Iowa items including the start of an animal hospital in Morningside, a Belle Plaine civic league formed by pastors, robberies and fires in Muscatine Glidden and Reinbeck, arrests for counterfeit coin in Kansas City, and the silent tribute in Cleveland to Tom L Johnson. The dispatch also notes resignations and deaths among notable locals.
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Belle Plaine
Stormy session looms as Congress faces major issues
Lincoln era notes report ailing Carrie Nation recovering, ex mayor Tom Johnson dies, Stephen Crawford deposits 2400 forfeit over Sunday saloon closing, Roosevelt westward voyage near end, Nebraska legislature adjourns June 10, and Arizona admission may fall to Congress. Several Iowa figures died or were honored, court actions on liquor, and local civic plans unfold nationwide.
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Carrie Nation
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Stephen Crawford
Alton
Roosevelt
Nebraska
Arizona
Newark
N. J
Martin C. Breen
Breen
Kenyon Elected U S Senator From Iowa After Deadlock
William O Kenyon of Fort Dodge Iowa wins the U S Senate seat to fill the Dolliver vacancy after a prolonged deadlock in Des Moines The 67th ballot seals his rise from Elyria Ohio born 1869 through Grinnell College and Iowa State University Law College to Web ster County attorney district judge and Illinois Central legal posts before becoming assistant attorney general and finally senator elected April 12 1911 with term expiring March 8 1913.
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Elyria
Ohio
Senate
Iowa
Des Moines
General Assembly
W S. Kenyon
Ft. Dodge
United
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Grinnell College
State University Law College
Fort Dodge
Mary Duncome
Webster County
W. T. Chantland
Inlaw
J. F. Duncome
Iawa
Illinois Cental Railroad
Illinois Central
Duncomen
Ohio River
Chicago
United States
Will Leave Des Moines in Three Trains This Morning
Des Moines dispatch reports Fort Des Moines officers and cavalry leaving at 7 30, 8 30, and 9 30 for the Mexican frontier. The full regiment travels south by noon with over eighty transport cars and new orders from Washington. Maj. Cole will lead the first squadron to Fort Huachuca, Capt. Furlong the second to Douglas, with other squadrons to follow.
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Fort Des Moines
Agar
Omaha
Chicago
Kansas City
Rock
Washington
O'Conner
J. A. Cole
Furlong
Fort Huachuca
Douglas
Ariz
Engine Crash Injures Boy in Des Moines Street Accident
An engine from Minneapolis and St Louis crashed into a car at Ninth and Market in Des Moines on Saturday evening. Lowell Lockridge, 11, was run over by engine tracks, losing one leg below the knee and suffering severe injuries to the other, while his mother Mrs. F R Lockridge received facial bruises. They were taken to Methodist Hospital by Assistant City Physician Jackson.
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Davenport
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Mason City
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Radcliffe
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Iowa City
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Rgular
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Waterloo
Poland
J. F. Schroeder
Gray
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Dayton
William C. Snyder
Lake City
Johanna Poor
Dubuque
Minneapolis and
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Ninth and Market Streets
Lowell Lockridge
F. R. Lockridge
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Jackson
Iowa City Street Railway Builds New Track
The Iowa City Street Railway Company distributes rails for a two mile track and begins construction today. The system, built last fall after a $32,000 local bonus, has shown profit since opening.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Street Railway Company
Dedication Planned for New St. Joseph Church
Dedication services for the new St. Joseph church in Bellvue will be held on Wednesday with Rev. J. Schwebach of La Crosse officiating. Archbishop Keane cannot attend due to ill health.
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St. Joseph
J. Schwebach
la Crosse
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Keane
Woman Dies by Own Action Near Guthrie Center
Miss Eliza Swisher aged 55 residing at the home of Mr and Mrs B C Haines eight miles southeast of Guthrie Center committed death by her own action by drowning on April 17.
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Guthrie Center
Eliza Swisher
B. C. Haines
Pioneer Minister Retires in Iowa at 71 After 51 Years
Reverend E. J. Schultz of Iowa is placed on the retired list by the Evangelical conference at age 71. He has served fifty one years in active ministry.
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E. J. Schultz
Iowa
The
Evangelical Conference
Rural Carriers Appointed in Iowa Towns
Rural carriers have been appointed: Harlan Charles L. Brown Logan L. Ernest Dinsmore Mapleton Samuel T Chapmar Mediapolis William K. Harper.
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Harlan
Charles L. Brown
Logan
L. Ernest Dinsmore
Mapleton
Samuel T
Chapmar
Mediapolis
William K. Harper
Foremost Geologist Samuel Calvin Dies at Iowa University
Iowa City reports the death of Prof Samuel Calvin head of the geology department at the State University from dilation of the heart. Born February 2 1840 in Scotland he joined the Civil War after leaving Lennox College and later became a professor in Lennox before joining the University of Iowa in 1874. He is survived by his widow.
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Samuel Calvin
The
State University
Wighenshire
Scotland
Lennox
University of Iowa
Iowa D A R Delegates Back Mrs Scott For Presidency General
Iowa D A R members in Washington vote to back Mrs Scott for the national presidency general. Mrs D W Bushnell of Council Bluffs, former state regent, notes twenty four Iowa delegates support Mrs Scott. Miss Harriett Lake of Independence seeks the vice presidency general post.
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Iowa S. A. R. Meeting Opens at Chamberlain Hotel
The Iowa Society of the Sons of the American Revolution begins its annual meeting in Des Moines at the Chamberlain hotel. President D. C. Mott will deliver the morning address, with reports from Secretary F. E. Hadley, Treasurer K. Stevens, and Registrar T. H. Hazen.
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Des Moines
Iowa Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Chamberlain Hotel
D. C. Mott
FE. D. Hadley
K. Stevens
T H. Hazen
Former Des Moines Teller Freed After Embezzlement Term
C M Spencer, ex teller at Des Moines National Bank, who served twenty months of a three year sentence for embezzlement at Ft Leavenworth, was released Saturday and will return to Des Moines on April 18.
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Des Moines National Bank
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Spencer
William Hanley Dies in Mason City
Davenport April 18 William Hanley head of the accounting department of the Modern Brotherhood of America and brother of T B Hanley supreme president of the order is dead in Mason City.
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William Hanley
Davenport
The
Modern Brotherhood of America
T. B. Hanley
Des Moines
Mason City
Iowa City tragedy ends in double tragedy
Frederick Schwetfeger aged 70 shot and killed his landlady Mrs. Andrew Lillick aged 60 then killed himself. The Lillick family had been at church at the time.
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Iowa City
Frederick Schwetfeger
Andrew Lillick
Lillick
New English Lutheran Church Organized Near Coralville
A new English Lutheran church is organized at Coralville with Rev. H. F. Martin, pastor of the Iowa City church, presiding in the formal organization yesterday.
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Coralville
H. F. Martin
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